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The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1989-05-06

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? > - - ?Aki ? Cincinnati ? Cleveland ? Columbus ? Elyria ? Lorain ? Mansfield ? Oberlin ? Ravenna ? Sandusky ? Warren ? Youngstown ? Northeast Ohio A Gght In Ohe 'Darkness VOL. XX NO. 32 MAY 6, 1989 THRU MAY 13, 1989 25 I I NFS PLR COPY AMNESTY IS PROBLEM IN DISMAN TLING APARTHEID Thomas Named Executive Director Mayor George V. Voinonich today swore in Sam Thomas III as the new Executive Director of the City's Community Relations Board. He replaces Earl W. Williams, who is retiring after 27 years of service with the City. The appointment effective May 1. "Sam Thomas brings many find attributes to this important position," Voinovich said. "He is experienced in community relations and human relations activities, has an even temperment that is needed to handle crisis situations, and is respected throughout the community. Sam has also displayed outstanding supervisory and organizational skills, and a high degree of reliability.""In his four years with the City, he has only missed one day of work, and when needed, has worked evenings and weekends. He is committed to improving human rights, and we are confident that he will continue to work with this Administration, the City Council, to improve race relations in our City." Williams was born in Montgomery, Ala., and was the next-door neighbor of Mr. Rosa Parks, the woman who was refused to move to the back of the bus, an incident that sparked the early civil rights movement. Thomas, 41, joined the City's CRB in 1985. He was promoted to Assistant Administrator in 1987, and to Assistant Director in 1988. A graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools, he has a B.A degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University, and a Master's degree in Personnel Administration and Counseling from Indiana University. He has also taken numerous courses in continuing education. Before joining the City, Sam held a variety of other positions, including Assistant to the Dean for Student Life at Ohio Wesleyan University, Residence Hall Director at Ohio State University, Athletic Director, Basketball Sam Thomas Coach, Financial Aids Counselor and Associate Dean of Students at the Ohio Institute of Technology; Jobs Developer for the Cleveland Nationalities Services Center; and Camp Director for the Phillis Wheatley Association. He has also served as a community organizer at the East End Neighborhood House. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, sports, reading and public speaking. "It's hard for us to say goodbye to Earl Williams," Voinovich said. "He's been with the City since 1962 ~ that's 27 years - and he has compiled a wealth of information on this City and its people. He has shown us outstanding commitment and dedication, and we owe him a debt of thanks. We wish him well in his retirement, as he won't have to take anymore phone calls in the middle of the night during crisis situations." Voinovich saluted Williams for doing much to reduce racial tensions, and foster human relations in the City. Williams also serves as Chairman of the Fair Housing Review Board, which monitors complaints against the City's Fair Housing Ordinance. Williams also served a year as President of the National Association of Human Rights Workers. Three New "Hams" In Akron Sonya Neal 14yrs, Aaron Sanders 14yrs, and Mark Sanders llyrs, received their Amateur Radio Licenses on April 29, 1989 from the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. Sonya is the first black female Amateur Radio Operator in the city of Akron. Classes in Basic Electronic and Mores Code are being offered by the Akron Communications Group every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the William "Bill" Suddeth Gymnasium in Elizabeth Paik, 225 E. North St., Akron, Ohio. The lessons are free. The Akron Communication Group is made up of Amateur Radio Operators of Akron. Newly liccnse hams Aaron Sanders - KB8GWN, Sonya Neal - KB8G WO, & Mark Sanders ? KB8GWP. Standing in back are instructors: Elwood Weston - WA8YYL, Calvin Ruggs - WA8KMK, and Charles Dardie - WD80UF. Elwood Weston is President and Hiram Philips, the first Black Ham Radio Operator in Akron, is the Vice-President. The group has hopes of getting more young Black youths interested in Ham Radio and by doing so, keeping they off the streets. Sonya is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Neal. Sonya attends Jennings Middle School where she is a 8th grader. Aaron and Mark are the son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sanders, Jr. Aaron attends Cuyahoga Valley Christ Academy where he is in the 8th grade an' Mark is a 6th grader at Chapel Hill Christian School. Ohio Primary '89 Election Results The battle for Canton's Fourth Ward Council will put former foes in the November general election. Councilman Charles D. Ede was nominated in the Democratic primary. Wilma Lipkin, a local businesswomen and social activist, won Republican nomination. Third Ward Councilman Edward "Peel" Coleman will face Republican Dejohnette M. Daniels in the general election.Canton Council President William Smuckler lost his bid for renomination by 432 votes. Ray Denczak received 3,557 votes to be nominated to his old position in Canton politics after losing to Mayor Purses in 1987. Smuckler garnered 3,125 votes. Denczak will face Republican challenger Gordon R. Werkeman in the November general election. Massillon Fourth Ward Councilman T. Ray Roberson was nominated without opposition. He will face independent candidate Betty Francisco in November. Alliance Curvis F. Rhyne was unopposed in the primary will be elected tocontinuean illustrious career. He has no opposition in the Fall election. Curvis Rhyne diaries Ede Fall political matchup will have Youngstown Mayor Pat Ungaro facing a Black Republican candidate. Mayor Ungaro cruised to victory beating his nearest competitor by 9,834 votes. Council President Michael Crogan received 6,438 votes and former Mayor Frank R. Franko received 1 ,388 votes. Robert Pegues, a black Republican and former School Superintendent, and former Airport Manager Fred Deluca will square off with Ungaro - Youngstown three term mayor in the November elec, tion. Sixth Ward Councilman John Fortune won renomination with 1,627 votes to his opponent Swierz's l,009votes. Darlene Rogers - Third Ward Councilperson defeated 2 candidates in the Primary to be on the Fall ballot. Rogers won 1,792 votes. Her closest opponent Naples got 1,596 votes while candidate Majzik got 105 votes. The battle between former Law Director Atty William J. Higgins and Atty Cherie H. Howard split the vote premitting Atty Andrew Polovischak to win nomination to fill the Youngstown Municipal Judgeship seat created by the retiring of Judge Lloyd Haines. Atty Andrew Polovischak was the top vote getter with 9,655. Atty Cherie H. Howard received 5,473 votes. In third place was Atty William J. Higgins with 5,421 votes. Rounding out the field was Atty Gary M. Gilmartin. Mayorial Race Heats Up Bridges Faces $2 Million Bail By Michael D. Harris Daily Challenge Despite a plea from actor Todd Bridges, a Los Angeles judge refused to lower his $2 million bail on charge he nearly killed a man in the shooting in a drug house in February. "What I cant understand is why I'm (perceived as being) a danger to society," Bridges, 23, the former child star ofNBCs "DifTrent Stokes," told Superior Court Judge David Horowitz."I can't undergo drug treatment while I'm in jail," Br idecs said, as his mother and other family members looked on. "Mentally, I'm very unstagble (while in jail). If you would talk to people in my neighborhood, you'd see that I'm not a dangerous person. Despite Bridges' plea, Horowitz refused to lower his $2 million bail and ordered him to remain in custody pending a May 19 pretrail hearing. In arguing for a bail reduction to >50,000, Bridges' attorney, Johnny Cochran, said his client has strong local family ties, owns a home in Sun Valley and does not have a long criminal record. Cochran also argued that Todd Bridges Bridges is "grossly overcharged" with a first-degree, premeditated attempted murder count. Cochran said that when Bridges shot Kenneth Clay in the South Central Los Angeles drug house Feb. 2, "he was acting under the (influence) of the drug addiction he was under" and therefore could not have premeditated the attack."He was a totally different person," Cochron s&id. But Deputy District Attor ney William Hodgeman argued that the charges against Bridges are warranted. He said that after Bridges had incapacitated Clay with a first shot, he then stood over the victim and shot him seven more times, nearly killing him. Clay testified at a preliminary hearing that Bridges shot him at the culmination of a sixweek drug ginge in which the actor was free-basing cocaine everyday. Clay, a convicted drug dealer from Texas, was a bodyguard at the house where Bridges allegedly bought the drug. An exact motive for the shooting is unclear, but Hodgeman *<iid that sometime Erior to the attack, Bridges ad threatened to kill Clay because Clay had borrowed the actor's BMW and failed to return it because it was impounded by authorities. Bridges, who has had several brushes with the law since 1983, is charged in a separate case in Compton with stealing his BMW at gun-point from a repairman without paying a $500 bill. An actor since age 6, Bridges played Gaty Coleman's older brother, Willia, on the NBC sitcom from 1978 to 1986. NAACP Dinner Raise's Million Dollars The Detroit chapter of the NAACP, the largest fund raiser for the national organization, recently raised over $1 million at its 34th annual Freedom Fund Dinner on May 23. The money from the dinner will be used in support of Black causes and programs funded by the Detroit chapter and by the National NAACP. This marks the second year the chapter raised over $1 million for national and local NAACP programs, and shows how Detroit's unique commitment has grown since the first dinner that raised $27,000. The dinner raised its substantial total with the help of Michael Ilitch, 1989 dinner corporate co-chair and founder and chairman of Little Caesars Michael Hitch (left), corporate co-chairman of the Freedom Fund Dinner and founder and chairman of Little Caesars Pizza, presents a check for $105,000 to Ernest I>ofton, chairman of the dinner and director of the UAWs Regional 1A and IE (center), and Dr. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP. Ilitch contribution marked the largest single donation in the history of the Freedom Fund dinner, which was started in Detroit in 1956, and contiues to be the largest fundraiser for the national NAACP. Pizza. Ilitch presented the NAACPO with a check for $105,000. "Mike Hitch's leadership of the corporate division of the Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner was in the finest tradition of this very successful event, and his contribution of $105,000 exceeds that of all previous corporate co-chairs," said Dr. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit chap teroftheNAACP. "We'revery proud and grateful for his role in the Freedom Fund, and for his wonderful work with the NAACP." by Daniel Marolen While the international political atmosphere seems to be clearing up for the demolition of apartheid in South Africa, new hurdles are rising and blocking the way to progress toward African liberation. First, the jailed African National Congress (ANC) leader, Nelson Mandela, and many other African political leaders, with whom the South African government has to play the future of South Africa through dialogue, are all still behind bars. They are not free to consult with their own people and to negotiate with Botha's regime. Furthermore, the 21 -monthold state of emergency and rigid press censorship are still in place, holding down 26, (XX), 000 oppressed Africans in the bondage of White domination. On theother hand, the leadership in the ranks of the ruling minority regime is in confusion and involved in heated bickering over whether President P.W. Botha should immediately relinquish the presi dency and allow F.w. de Klerk, the new Afrikaner National Party's leader, to assume the presidency as well. Due to his recent stroke, Botha has lost the leadership of the Afrikaner National Party. But Botha still retains the presidency to which he clings tenaciously until the end of his term in March, 1990. But the party is in a hurry to have de Klerk installed as president as soon as possible. But Botha will not budge until the General Election in March, 1990. So a stalmate exists in the ranks of Afrikaner leadership. The see -saw among the Afrikaner leaders constitutes a new impediment to the beginning of the envisioned dialogue between the government and the leaders of the African population of the country. But it has always been obvious throughout the long and bitter struggle against apartheid that South African racial problems would only be ended by the intervention of foreign nations or of the United Nations Organization. By themselves alone, the regime and the African people cannot resolve the racial problem of South Africa in which they are both involved. Hence, it is a welcome augury that the triumvirate of the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union is beginning to maneuver for positions to participate in the envisioned negotiations between the White government and the native population towards ending the scourge of apartheid in South Africa. Now. the jailed political leaders of the African liberation movement in the country must be released and given time to study the intricacies of formulating a peaceful settlement. ANC, Pan African Congress and other anti-apartheid organizations must r>e unbanned Forthwith to ready themselves for the impending national dialogue, geared towards turning the country into a free, non-racial society, ruled by a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. Only that way can a peaceful settlement be reached in South Africa. Spelman President Appeals To Congress "There are more college age black men in prison than there are in college." This sad social condition was made known to members of Congress by Dr. Johnnetta Cole, president of Spelman College, when she testified on behalf of the United Negro College Fund at Home Committee on Education and Labor hearing recently.Shocking and unexpected, the statement made clear the urgency with which proposed National Service legislation must be either rejected altogether, or significantly restructured.Potentially, the most harmful of the pending bill is S.3/H.R. 660, proposed by Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Congressman Dave McCurdy (D-OK). The bill seeks to phase out'the eligibility for existing federal student aid programs and make one or two year national service the criterion for assistance for most students. Students who complete service would receive a $10,000 voucher for one year of service as a civilian volunteer, or a $24,000 voucher for two years of military services, regardless of their need or family income. Dr. Cole's testimony insisted that, if passed into law, the Nunn/McCurdy bill might have two serioud conseauences: it would eliminate tne concept of need-bases aid by restricting assistance, rather than expanding higher education opportunities; it would impose a new obstacle to higher education for lowimcomc families until they have completed national serviced and, in effect, making service mandatory for all except the children of upperincome families. According ti the United Negro College Fund 1988 Statistical Report, average tuition at any one of the 42 private, historically black colleges and universities which are represented by the Fund is $3,7z8 - Dr. Johnnetta Cole just one half of $7,1 10 tuition at all private four-year colleges. The report also reveals thatanastonishing90% of the 45,OOOstudentscnrolled in the UNCF member colleges need financial aid. The proposed national service legislation would require these youngsters to delay their postsecondary education for two years, on average, in order to qualify for an adequate supply of financial aid vouchers. Dr. Cole summized: "Substituting service for access to college is a cruel hoax to play on African- American youngsters who only recently are beginning to realize that with federal help college attendance is a real option."

? > - - ?Aki ? Cincinnati ? Cleveland ? Columbus ? Elyria ? Lorain ? Mansfield ? Oberlin ? Ravenna ? Sandusky ? Warren ? Youngstown ? Northeast Ohio A Gght In Ohe 'Darkness VOL. XX NO. 32 MAY 6, 1989 THRU MAY 13, 1989 25 I I NFS PLR COPY AMNESTY IS PROBLEM IN DISMAN TLING APARTHEID Thomas Named Executive Director Mayor George V. Voinonich today swore in Sam Thomas III as the new Executive Director of the City's Community Relations Board. He replaces Earl W. Williams, who is retiring after 27 years of service with the City. The appointment effective May 1. "Sam Thomas brings many find attributes to this important position," Voinovich said. "He is experienced in community relations and human relations activities, has an even temperment that is needed to handle crisis situations, and is respected throughout the community. Sam has also displayed outstanding supervisory and organizational skills, and a high degree of reliability.""In his four years with the City, he has only missed one day of work, and when needed, has worked evenings and weekends. He is committed to improving human rights, and we are confident that he will continue to work with this Administration, the City Council, to improve race relations in our City." Williams was born in Montgomery, Ala., and was the next-door neighbor of Mr. Rosa Parks, the woman who was refused to move to the back of the bus, an incident that sparked the early civil rights movement. Thomas, 41, joined the City's CRB in 1985. He was promoted to Assistant Administrator in 1987, and to Assistant Director in 1988. A graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools, he has a B.A degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University, and a Master's degree in Personnel Administration and Counseling from Indiana University. He has also taken numerous courses in continuing education. Before joining the City, Sam held a variety of other positions, including Assistant to the Dean for Student Life at Ohio Wesleyan University, Residence Hall Director at Ohio State University, Athletic Director, Basketball Sam Thomas Coach, Financial Aids Counselor and Associate Dean of Students at the Ohio Institute of Technology; Jobs Developer for the Cleveland Nationalities Services Center; and Camp Director for the Phillis Wheatley Association. He has also served as a community organizer at the East End Neighborhood House. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, sports, reading and public speaking. "It's hard for us to say goodbye to Earl Williams," Voinovich said. "He's been with the City since 1962 ~ that's 27 years - and he has compiled a wealth of information on this City and its people. He has shown us outstanding commitment and dedication, and we owe him a debt of thanks. We wish him well in his retirement, as he won't have to take anymore phone calls in the middle of the night during crisis situations." Voinovich saluted Williams for doing much to reduce racial tensions, and foster human relations in the City. Williams also serves as Chairman of the Fair Housing Review Board, which monitors complaints against the City's Fair Housing Ordinance. Williams also served a year as President of the National Association of Human Rights Workers. Three New "Hams" In Akron Sonya Neal 14yrs, Aaron Sanders 14yrs, and Mark Sanders llyrs, received their Amateur Radio Licenses on April 29, 1989 from the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. Sonya is the first black female Amateur Radio Operator in the city of Akron. Classes in Basic Electronic and Mores Code are being offered by the Akron Communications Group every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the William "Bill" Suddeth Gymnasium in Elizabeth Paik, 225 E. North St., Akron, Ohio. The lessons are free. The Akron Communication Group is made up of Amateur Radio Operators of Akron. Newly liccnse hams Aaron Sanders - KB8GWN, Sonya Neal - KB8G WO, & Mark Sanders ? KB8GWP. Standing in back are instructors: Elwood Weston - WA8YYL, Calvin Ruggs - WA8KMK, and Charles Dardie - WD80UF. Elwood Weston is President and Hiram Philips, the first Black Ham Radio Operator in Akron, is the Vice-President. The group has hopes of getting more young Black youths interested in Ham Radio and by doing so, keeping they off the streets. Sonya is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Neal. Sonya attends Jennings Middle School where she is a 8th grader. Aaron and Mark are the son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sanders, Jr. Aaron attends Cuyahoga Valley Christ Academy where he is in the 8th grade an' Mark is a 6th grader at Chapel Hill Christian School. Ohio Primary '89 Election Results The battle for Canton's Fourth Ward Council will put former foes in the November general election. Councilman Charles D. Ede was nominated in the Democratic primary. Wilma Lipkin, a local businesswomen and social activist, won Republican nomination. Third Ward Councilman Edward "Peel" Coleman will face Republican Dejohnette M. Daniels in the general election.Canton Council President William Smuckler lost his bid for renomination by 432 votes. Ray Denczak received 3,557 votes to be nominated to his old position in Canton politics after losing to Mayor Purses in 1987. Smuckler garnered 3,125 votes. Denczak will face Republican challenger Gordon R. Werkeman in the November general election. Massillon Fourth Ward Councilman T. Ray Roberson was nominated without opposition. He will face independent candidate Betty Francisco in November. Alliance Curvis F. Rhyne was unopposed in the primary will be elected tocontinuean illustrious career. He has no opposition in the Fall election. Curvis Rhyne diaries Ede Fall political matchup will have Youngstown Mayor Pat Ungaro facing a Black Republican candidate. Mayor Ungaro cruised to victory beating his nearest competitor by 9,834 votes. Council President Michael Crogan received 6,438 votes and former Mayor Frank R. Franko received 1 ,388 votes. Robert Pegues, a black Republican and former School Superintendent, and former Airport Manager Fred Deluca will square off with Ungaro - Youngstown three term mayor in the November elec, tion. Sixth Ward Councilman John Fortune won renomination with 1,627 votes to his opponent Swierz's l,009votes. Darlene Rogers - Third Ward Councilperson defeated 2 candidates in the Primary to be on the Fall ballot. Rogers won 1,792 votes. Her closest opponent Naples got 1,596 votes while candidate Majzik got 105 votes. The battle between former Law Director Atty William J. Higgins and Atty Cherie H. Howard split the vote premitting Atty Andrew Polovischak to win nomination to fill the Youngstown Municipal Judgeship seat created by the retiring of Judge Lloyd Haines. Atty Andrew Polovischak was the top vote getter with 9,655. Atty Cherie H. Howard received 5,473 votes. In third place was Atty William J. Higgins with 5,421 votes. Rounding out the field was Atty Gary M. Gilmartin. Mayorial Race Heats Up Bridges Faces $2 Million Bail By Michael D. Harris Daily Challenge Despite a plea from actor Todd Bridges, a Los Angeles judge refused to lower his $2 million bail on charge he nearly killed a man in the shooting in a drug house in February. "What I cant understand is why I'm (perceived as being) a danger to society," Bridges, 23, the former child star ofNBCs "DifTrent Stokes," told Superior Court Judge David Horowitz."I can't undergo drug treatment while I'm in jail," Br idecs said, as his mother and other family members looked on. "Mentally, I'm very unstagble (while in jail). If you would talk to people in my neighborhood, you'd see that I'm not a dangerous person. Despite Bridges' plea, Horowitz refused to lower his $2 million bail and ordered him to remain in custody pending a May 19 pretrail hearing. In arguing for a bail reduction to >50,000, Bridges' attorney, Johnny Cochran, said his client has strong local family ties, owns a home in Sun Valley and does not have a long criminal record. Cochran also argued that Todd Bridges Bridges is "grossly overcharged" with a first-degree, premeditated attempted murder count. Cochran said that when Bridges shot Kenneth Clay in the South Central Los Angeles drug house Feb. 2, "he was acting under the (influence) of the drug addiction he was under" and therefore could not have premeditated the attack."He was a totally different person," Cochron s&id. But Deputy District Attor ney William Hodgeman argued that the charges against Bridges are warranted. He said that after Bridges had incapacitated Clay with a first shot, he then stood over the victim and shot him seven more times, nearly killing him. Clay testified at a preliminary hearing that Bridges shot him at the culmination of a sixweek drug ginge in which the actor was free-basing cocaine everyday. Clay, a convicted drug dealer from Texas, was a bodyguard at the house where Bridges allegedly bought the drug. An exact motive for the shooting is unclear, but Hodgeman *ofton, chairman of the dinner and director of the UAWs Regional 1A and IE (center), and Dr. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP. Ilitch contribution marked the largest single donation in the history of the Freedom Fund dinner, which was started in Detroit in 1956, and contiues to be the largest fundraiser for the national NAACP. Pizza. Ilitch presented the NAACPO with a check for $105,000. "Mike Hitch's leadership of the corporate division of the Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner was in the finest tradition of this very successful event, and his contribution of $105,000 exceeds that of all previous corporate co-chairs," said Dr. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit chap teroftheNAACP. "We'revery proud and grateful for his role in the Freedom Fund, and for his wonderful work with the NAACP." by Daniel Marolen While the international political atmosphere seems to be clearing up for the demolition of apartheid in South Africa, new hurdles are rising and blocking the way to progress toward African liberation. First, the jailed African National Congress (ANC) leader, Nelson Mandela, and many other African political leaders, with whom the South African government has to play the future of South Africa through dialogue, are all still behind bars. They are not free to consult with their own people and to negotiate with Botha's regime. Furthermore, the 21 -monthold state of emergency and rigid press censorship are still in place, holding down 26, (XX), 000 oppressed Africans in the bondage of White domination. On theother hand, the leadership in the ranks of the ruling minority regime is in confusion and involved in heated bickering over whether President P.W. Botha should immediately relinquish the presi dency and allow F.w. de Klerk, the new Afrikaner National Party's leader, to assume the presidency as well. Due to his recent stroke, Botha has lost the leadership of the Afrikaner National Party. But Botha still retains the presidency to which he clings tenaciously until the end of his term in March, 1990. But the party is in a hurry to have de Klerk installed as president as soon as possible. But Botha will not budge until the General Election in March, 1990. So a stalmate exists in the ranks of Afrikaner leadership. The see -saw among the Afrikaner leaders constitutes a new impediment to the beginning of the envisioned dialogue between the government and the leaders of the African population of the country. But it has always been obvious throughout the long and bitter struggle against apartheid that South African racial problems would only be ended by the intervention of foreign nations or of the United Nations Organization. By themselves alone, the regime and the African people cannot resolve the racial problem of South Africa in which they are both involved. Hence, it is a welcome augury that the triumvirate of the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union is beginning to maneuver for positions to participate in the envisioned negotiations between the White government and the native population towards ending the scourge of apartheid in South Africa. Now. the jailed political leaders of the African liberation movement in the country must be released and given time to study the intricacies of formulating a peaceful settlement. ANC, Pan African Congress and other anti-apartheid organizations must r>e unbanned Forthwith to ready themselves for the impending national dialogue, geared towards turning the country into a free, non-racial society, ruled by a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. Only that way can a peaceful settlement be reached in South Africa. Spelman President Appeals To Congress "There are more college age black men in prison than there are in college." This sad social condition was made known to members of Congress by Dr. Johnnetta Cole, president of Spelman College, when she testified on behalf of the United Negro College Fund at Home Committee on Education and Labor hearing recently.Shocking and unexpected, the statement made clear the urgency with which proposed National Service legislation must be either rejected altogether, or significantly restructured.Potentially, the most harmful of the pending bill is S.3/H.R. 660, proposed by Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Congressman Dave McCurdy (D-OK). The bill seeks to phase out'the eligibility for existing federal student aid programs and make one or two year national service the criterion for assistance for most students. Students who complete service would receive a $10,000 voucher for one year of service as a civilian volunteer, or a $24,000 voucher for two years of military services, regardless of their need or family income. Dr. Cole's testimony insisted that, if passed into law, the Nunn/McCurdy bill might have two serioud conseauences: it would eliminate tne concept of need-bases aid by restricting assistance, rather than expanding higher education opportunities; it would impose a new obstacle to higher education for lowimcomc families until they have completed national serviced and, in effect, making service mandatory for all except the children of upperincome families. According ti the United Negro College Fund 1988 Statistical Report, average tuition at any one of the 42 private, historically black colleges and universities which are represented by the Fund is $3,7z8 - Dr. Johnnetta Cole just one half of $7,1 10 tuition at all private four-year colleges. The report also reveals thatanastonishing90% of the 45,OOOstudentscnrolled in the UNCF member colleges need financial aid. The proposed national service legislation would require these youngsters to delay their postsecondary education for two years, on average, in order to qualify for an adequate supply of financial aid vouchers. Dr. Cole summized: "Substituting service for access to college is a cruel hoax to play on African- American youngsters who only recently are beginning to realize that with federal help college attendance is a real option."